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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) | 
 enlarge | Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
List Price: £16.94
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 185001
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.8 x 1.9
ISBN: 0060175400
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060175405
ASIN: 0060175400
Publication Date: October 7, 1998
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Condition: Dispatched from the US -- Expect delivery in 2-3 weeks. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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 Excquisite details and story March 27, 2004
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
What a magnificent piece of insight into very different minds. The over-sealous father, the not-present mother, and the very strong-minded, but different sisters. I have seldom had a better time reading, many times just revelling in the genious of Kingsolver's attention to details. The small spelling errors that occur when the girls use big words which they don't really understand and so on. The attention to detail is brilliant, but what makes this book great is the sad, but believable story and the magnificent depiction of the different thoughts of the family members. So different are they that I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they were from different planets. Anyway, in the end it is Kingsolver's great writing skills that makes this a most entertaining and learning experience. Most warmly recommended!
 Too long and too derivative. June 6, 1999
8 out of 20 found this review helpful
This form was perfected by Faulkner in the Sound and The Fury. Kingsolver's approach is twice as long without the wonderful story telling ability that Faulkner had.The African portions of the book have been done before by Nadine Gordimer. Gordimer and Faulkner were both Nobel Prize winners: Kingsolver won't be.
Exquisitely written, many layered story telling March 27, 1999
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Having just returned from Africa, I was hungry for more about the mysterious and facinating continent. Kingsolver is my all-time favorite writer, so I was delighted to read the book and savored its length and detail. Now, I need something else to read but fear that nothing will satisfy me as this book has. I feel a great deal like I did when I finished The Handmaid's Tale. Thought provoking, troubling and delicious book, makes me want to talk about it to everyone. I love the evolution of the characters and the history that I learned from reading. I am still wondering what to read now. I hope to use this book in my high school literature classes.
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